Security Camera LIVE Monitoring
St. Louis and Metro East Illinois auto dealerships have become magnets for car theft and vandalism, with criminals typically targeting high-end luxury cars, sports cars, and large pickup trucks. St. Louis Metro Area police departments and law enforcement officers in Illinois communities report car thieves are becoming more sophisticated in discovering new ways to exploit auto dealership security vulnerabilities by bypassing traditional and, often times, outdated car dealership anti theft security systems.
Local TV news stations have chronicled the steady rise in auto dealer theft in our area over the last few years, airing almost nightly video footage of thieves prowling dealership lots at night, often in groups of five or six, smashing windows, breaking into showrooms, and freely driving new vehicles right off the showroom floor.
Without the proper protection of an advanced car dealership security camera and alarm system capable of detecting the movements of thieves in real time, and triggering alarms connected to an alarm monitoring center, thieves know there is little threat of being caught by police. This gives them cart blanche to steal vehicles of their choosing, cut catalytic converters from cars in the garage and lot, break into dealer key cabinets and ransack showrooms, leaving in their wake tens of thousands of dollars in unrecoverable vehicle inventory and property repair costs.
The escalating rash of St. Louis and Illinois car dealership thefts have tallied up financial losses climbing into the millions, and billions across the U.S. To add to their mounting frustrations, auto dealers often get stung by a one-two punch: a costly break-in and theft, followed by insurance premium rate hikes. The final nail in the coffin is the black eye a dealership’s reputation may get due to the subsequent negative publicity, leading many customers and car shoppers to conclude the dealership is not safe.
Indoor / Outdoor LIVE Car Dealership Video Surveillance Monitoring
How Does Live Security Monitoring Work?
So how can car dealerships fight back? By outsmarting thieves and stopping them before they wreak havoc.
This can be accomplished with PASS Security’s state-of-the-art, video surveillance LIVE monitoring service which transforms car dealership security cameras into burglar alarms. A two-in-one, sophisticated security solution powered by AI analytics that enables security cameras to not only detect motion, as many security cameras typically do, but PASS security cameras are designed to send an alert directly to our 24/7 central monitoring station where security agents can then patch into the security cameras at the dealership and see exactly what the cameras are seeing, in real time. This gives our agents the ability to visually verify if an actual break-in is in progress.
Most security companies in the St. Louis and Illinois area are lagging behind in this technology.
Live 24/7 video monitoring with visual verification is a must for auto dealerships, particularly during nighttime hours. Live verification can also help eliminate annoying false alarms triggered by random motion events, like an animal crossing in the path of a security camera, or someone innocently looking into the dealership’s showroom windows, or casually browsing the car lot after hours.
It is Time to Take Control and Protect What is Rightfully Yours
And unlike traditional static security cameras that simply record and store video footage for post-crime review (what good is that?), our LIVE security camera monitoring system is in the moment, in real time. And our trained and certified security agents can immediately send an alert to local law enforcement to respond. Car dealership owners and managers are also able to view live video footage on their mobile phone apps to determine if the event is an emergency or non-emergency. If they don’t think the situation warrants police response, they simply ping the monitoring station to cancel the police dispatch. If they determine it is an actual security threat, they can confirm this on their phones and the police are dispatched immediately.
False Alarms Cost Money and Put Your Business in Jeopardy
This is critical for any business, not just car dealerships, because police departments are increasingly requiring visual evidence of an actual theft in progress, in real time, before they commit to responding to a security alarm. False alarms are not only an annoyance to car dealership owners, but the police have grown tired of wasting valuable man hours responding to one false alarm after another.
False alarms can put a dent in the pocketbook as well since most police departments now levy fines against businesses each time a false alarm is reported. They can even take the business’s alarm off their “respond” list, leaving the business without proper protection and vulnerable to break-ins.
Why is Live Video Surveillance Monitoring so Critical to Auto Dealerships?
- Helps Stop Crimes Before They Happen: The primary objective and advantage of LIVE video surveillance monitoring for your business is the system’s engineered ability to detect and thwart criminals in the act, in real time, helping to prevent thefts and break-ins before they happen.
- Reduces False Alarms: Because our customers are empowered by the ability to verify a break-in by conveniently viewing live video footage on their phone when they receive an alert, and the police are notified in real time, false alarms are drastically, if not entirely, eliminated. This also keeps your auto dealership in good standing with local law enforcement.
- Minimizes Financial Loss: By preventing thefts and vandalism, auto dealerships avoid substantial financial inventory losses and costly repairs to property, wasted valuable time filing police reports and insurance claims, and lost sales opportunities while waiting for a new shipment of vehicles and contractors to make repairs.
- Reduces Insurance Premium Rate Hikes: With a decreased risk of theft and damage to your auto dealership, and fewer reported incidents of theft to police and insurance companies, your car dealership’s insurance premiums are more likely to remain stable, helping preserve dealership profits.
- Protects Your Dealership’s Reputation: By demonstrating to your loyal customers, and future buyers, the state-of-the-art security measures you’ve invest to protect your auto dealership, you are also protecting your brand and reputation from negative publicity in the local market that could adversely affect vehicle sales.
Ready to Schedule a Free Auto Dealership Security System Evaluation?
PASS Security offers a free security evaluation to automobile dealerships so our security specialists can identify security vulnerabilities and problem-solving solutions, ensuring that each dealership’s security system is customized to address its own unique needs and vulnerabilities.
Contact us today to schedule a FREE SECURITY SYSTEM consultation in the St. Louis Metro Area, Central and Southern Illinois. Call 314-241-0422 or 618-394-1144 or Email Us.
Founded in 1969, PASS Security is headquartered in St. Louis, MO. and Fairview Heights, IL. We are a premiere, local full-service electronic security systems company, providing over 50 years of expertise in intrusion detection alarm systems, video surveillance, access control systems, and LIVE video monitoring for businesses, and large commercial and enterprise operations. PASS Security certified technicians are trusted by thousands of home owners for the installation of the best security systems for homes, and offer a wide range of residential security solutions, from innovative SMART home automatic lighting controls and access control systems for entry doors, doorbell porch cameras, to home smoke detectors, carbon monoxide detectors and outdoor security cameras equipped with motion sensors and night vision capabilities. If 24 – 7 security for your business or home is your priority, PASS Security is your solution. We have consistently been recognized in the St. Louis Metro Area and Illinois as the best local security company since 1969 for commercial and home security camera system installation, and all other security products and services.
